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    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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    In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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